2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart 2003–04 Felix Magath Bundesliga 4th Kevin Kurányi (11) Champions League Round of 16 DFB-Pokal Last 16 2002–03 2004–05 _redborder _vfb0304h _redborder _vfb0304h _redline FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _whiteborder _vfb0304a _whiteborder _vfb0304a _whiteline FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2003-2004/bundes/stuttg.htm FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2003/04 1 GER GK Timo Hildebrand 2 GER DF Andreas Hinkel 3 CRO DF Boris ŽivkovićŽivković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999. 4 Angola DF Rui Marques 5 BRA DF Marcelo Bordon 6 POR DF Fernando Meira 7 GER MF Silvio Meißner 8 CRO MF Jurica Vranješ 9 SUI FW Marco Streller 11 SUI MF Hakan Yakin 12 GER DF Heiko Gerber 13 GER MF Christian Tiffert 14 ARG MF Emanuel Centurión 15 BLR MF Alexander Hleb 16 GER MF Horst Heldt 18 BRA FW CacauCacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009. 19 HUN FW Imre Szabics 20 CRO DF Zvonimir Soldo 21 GER DF Philipp Lahm on loan from Bayern Munich 22 GER FW Kevin KurányiKurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003. 23 GER GK Dirk Heinen 25 GER MF Michael Mutzel 28 GER DF Michael Fink 29 GER DF Steffen Dangelmayr 30 AUT MF Denis Berger 31 SUI GK Diego Benaglio 33 CMR DF Serge Branco 35 GER DF Markus Husterer on loan from Bayern Munich II 37 BUL MF Ivan Stoyanov 38 GER MF Tobias Rathgeb 45 GER FW Mario Gómez Left club during season 3 GER DF Timo Wenzel to Kaiserslautern 11 GRE FW Ioannis Amanatidis to Eintracht Frankfurt 24 GER DF Michael Rundio to Greuther Fürth Results Bundesliga Hansa Rostock-VfB Stuttgart 0–2 0–1 Imre Szabics 75 0–2 Imre Szabics 76 VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 0–0 Mönchengladbach-VfB Stuttgart 0–1 0–1 Cacau 33 VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 1–0 Cacau 8 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo 14 Schalke 04-VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 67 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–3 0–1 Zvonimir Soldo 12 0–2 Fernando Meira 18 pen. 0–3 Alexander Hleb 50 VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Köln 0–0 Werder Bremen-VfB Stuttgart 1–3 0–1 Imre Szabics 31 0–2 Kevin Kurányi 34 1–2 Angelos Charisteas 59 1–3 Christian Tiffert 90 VfB Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis 73 VfB Stuttgart-SC Freiburg 4–1 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 34 1–1 Soumaila Coulibaly 45 pen. 2–1 Christian Tiffert 62 3–1 Alexander Hleb 64 4–1 Kevin Kurányi 66 Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart 0–2 0–1 Imre Szabics 8 0–2 Kevin Kurányi 69 VfB Stuttgart-Hannover 96 3–1 1–0 Imre Szabics 29 2–0 Silvio Meißner 78 2–1 Thomas Brdarić 82 3–1 Silvio Meißner 90 VfL Bochum-VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfB Stuttgart-Hamburger SV 0–0 Bayern Munich-VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1–0 Roy Makaay 74 VfB Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 2–3 0–1 Carsten Ramelow 23 0–2 Dimitar Berbatov 44 1–2 Kevin Kurányi 56 1–3 Dimitar Berbatov 62 2–3 Zvonimir Soldo 68 VfB Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 2–0 1–0 Alexander Hleb 59 2–0 Kevin Kurányi 75 Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1–0 Fredi Bobic 87 VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1–0 Imre Szabics 5 1–1 Václav Svěrkoš 85 1. FC Kaiserslautern-VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1–0 José Dominguez 4 VfB Stuttgart-Schalke 04 0–0 Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart 0–2 0–1 Alexander Hleb 6 0–2 Horst Heldt 81 pen. VfB Stuttgart-1860 München 2–0 1–0 Zvonimir Soldo 31 2–0 Marco Streller 34 1. FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart 2–2 0–1 Silvio Meißner 28 1–1 Florian Kringe 45 2–1 Markus Feulner 71 2–2 Matthias Scherz 72 o.g. VfB Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–4 1–0 Marcelo Bordon 3 1–1 Ivan Klasnić 14 2–1 Marcelo Bordon 25 2–2 Ivan Klasnić 35 2–3 Aílton 43 3–3 Marcelo Bordon 50 4–3 Marco Streller 69 4–4 Aílton 70 SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 1–5 0–1 Heiko Gerber 6 0–2 Marco Streller 26 1–2 Martin Petrov 30 1–3 Philipp Lahm 43 1–4 Kevin Kurányi 75 1–5 Imre Szabics 86 SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 0–1 0–1 Kevin Kurányi 10 VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 45 2–0 Alexander Hleb 48 3–0 Marcelo Bordon 79 3–1 Alexander Schur 84 Hannover 96-VfB Stuttgart 0–1 0–1 Silvio Meißner 10 VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1–1 1–0 Cacau 33 1–1 Marcelo Bordon 59 o.g. Hamburger SV-VfB Stuttgart 2–1 1–0 Stefan Beinlich 38 2–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma 47 2–1 Cacau 86 VfB Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 3–1 1–0 Imre Szabics 19 2–0 Imre Szabics 53 3–0 Kevin Kurányi 55 3–1 Claudio Pizarro 78 Bayer Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart 2–0 1–0 Dimitar Berbatov 63 2–0 Bernd Schneider 85 Top scorers GER Kevin Kurányi 11 HUN Imre Szabics 9 BLR Alexander Hleb 5 BRA Cacau 4 CRO Zvonimir Soldo 4 Champions League Group stage Rangers-VfB Stuttgart 2–1 0–1 Kevin Kurányi 45 1–1 Christian Nerlinger 74 2–1 Peter Løvenkrands 79 VfB Stuttgart-Manchester United 2–1 1–0 Imre Szabics 50 2–0 Kevin Kurányi 51 2–1 Ruud van Nistelrooy 67 pen. VfB Stuttgart-Panathinaikos 2–0 1–0 Imre Szabics 12 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo 25 Panathinaikos-VfB Stuttgart 1–3 1–0 Michalis Konstantinou 60 1–1 Takis Fyssas 68 o.g. 1–2 Kevin Kurányi 75 1–3 Andreas Hinkel 76 VfB Stuttgart-Rangers 1–0 1–0 Timo Wenzel 45 Manchester United-VfB Stuttgart 2–0 1–0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 45 2–0 Ryan Giggs 58 Last 16 Stuttgart-Chelsea 0–1 0–1 Fernando Meira 12 o.g. Chelsea-VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Reserve team VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th in the Regionalliga Süd. GK Diego Benaglio SUI GK Julien Jourdan GER GK Milan Jurkovic GER GK Adnan Masic BIH DF Daniel Alabi GER DF Heiko Butscher GER DF Steffen Dangelmayr GER DF Michael Fink GER DF Markus Husterer GER from August DF Steffen Kocholl GER DF Florian Lechner GER DF Marcel Schuon GER MF Marco Caligiuri GER MF Denis Berger AUT MF Serge Branco CMR MF Marco di Biccari GER MF Christopher Krause GER MF José Macias GER MF Yuri Mamaev RUS MF Jens Rasiejewski GER MF Tobias Rathgeb GER MF Giuseppe Ricciardi GER MF Michael Rundio GER from January MF Zdravko Tuzlak GER MF Robert Vujević GER MF Christian Walter GER FW Stephen Famewo NGA FW Mario Gómez GER FW Dmitrijus Guščinas LIT from January FW Steffen Handschuh GER FW Vyacheslav Hleb Belarus to January FW Felix Luz GER to January FW Gerrit Müller GER FW Gustav Schulz GER FW Tobias Weis GER Sources Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com https://web.archive.org/web/20050426220603/http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2682 2005-04-26 References Notes notes Category:VfB Stuttgart seasons Stuttgart